Right outside of Mr.Jones's second-grade classroom there is a construction crew.When the construction began,Mr.Jones found that the children were easily distracted by the noise.Now that the construction has been going on for months,the children pay no attention to the noises.This type of knowledge,associated with no longer paying attention to outside noises,is referred to as
A)declarative.
B)simple associative.
C)simple non-associative (i.e. ,habituation).
D)priming.

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Simple non-associative learning refers to a change in behavior that results from exposure to a single stimulus repeatedly. In this case, the children have habituated to the construction noise, meaning they no longer respond to it because they have become accustomed to it. This type of learning is non-associative because it does not involve the formation of an association between two stimuli or between a stimulus and a response.

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